In the 2004 movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) gets his first look at a model of an airplane that Lockheed was developing. "Jiminy Cricket!" Hughes exclaims, beholding the plane's sexy, triple-tail design.
A restored "Connie" is the main attraction at the Airline History Museum in Kansas City, the subject of a Pitch feature story in February. Under the direction of art director Sarah Norwood, The Pitch has made an animated short film about the "Connie," which ruled the skies in the age before jet travel. Fasten your seat belts after the jump.
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The Connie is a beautiful plane on the ground and even more so in motion. Just taking off it gives a thrill. I remember when some business types tried to make a cocktail lounge out of one of the old planes. It sat on Main Street close to the Plaza and looked sort of forlorn there. I think just relying on a static display to draw a crowd was a case of faulty thinking. It doesn't seem the attraction lasted long, but that was a long time ago.
Back in tis day, the Constellation was so far ahead of its game. Wow.
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